298 GEAMMAR OF THE KLAMATH LANGUAGE. 



sp-, shp-, a combination of the two prefixes sh-, s-, and p-, pointing to 

 an act or motion, especially of drawing or pulling, performed upon an animate 

 or inanimate object of long form. The original function of this prefix is 

 causative, but some intransitive verbs also show it. I do not refer here to 

 such verbs as are formed by prefixing sh- to verbs beginning with p-, as 

 shp;iha to dry something, from paha to he dry. 



spelaktchna to cut, said of sharp blades of grass; from laktcha. 

 sp^j^ka to pull the bowstriny ; from epka. 

 spidsha to dray behind; from idsha. 

 spidga to assist in yettiny up; cf. ktiuy(iga. 

 spfka to draw, pull out, as a rope ; from ika. 

 spfkanash, Kl. spekanotkish sewiny needle; from spfka. 

 spftkala to raise, make stand up ; from itkal. 

 spi'dhi to place inside, to loch up ; cf ilhi. 



spi'mka to let out of, to let yo ; lit.: "to cause to move the legs." 

 spuloka to nth something yliUinous upon oneself ; cf. uloka to rub toyether 

 long objects. 



St-, sht-, compound prefix made up of the medial sh-, s-, and ta-, ab- 

 breviated t-, and hence referring to one object (sometimes several) placed 

 in an upright or stiff, immovable position upon or within something. The 

 medial sh- suggests that the act is done by or for the logical or grammatic 

 subject of the sentence, or in its own or somebody else's interest, the verbs 

 showing this prefix being almost exclusively transitive. 



stewa to mix tvith, mash up; from ewa to put upon. 



stit^a to cheat, defraud of; from it;{a to take away from. 



stiwini to stir up, as dough ; from iwina to place inside. 



stiwi%6tkish baby-board; from iwi%a to place on, within. 



st6p6la to peel the fiber-bark : from upala to dry up above. 



stutfla to cover ivlth a roof on pillars ; from utfla to place underneath. 



Shll-, SU-, represents the medial prefix sh-, s- united to the prefix u-, 

 and is found in transitive and reciprocal verbs and their nominal derivatives 

 as referring to an act performed on tlie body of persons or animals, and in 



